The proposed Southwest Light Rail Transit line for the Twin Cities has been hard to visualize until now. The public can now see a video and read a narrative of the proposed $1.25 billion southwest Twin Cities route.

The Cedar Avenue Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) system will acquire 11 temporary and permanent easements on six parcels of land as the project pushes toward beginning service in November. The acquisitions are slated to be made by July 1.

The imminent closing of Rottlund Homes and the slow market for attached housing are complicating development plans in cities like Rosemount, where Rottlund had a strong presence and big plans for building townhomes.